So I've gotten back into brewing and I was seduced by the shiny finish and simplicity of the Ss Brewing Technologies Brew Bucket Mini (http://www.ssbrewtech.com/products/brew-bucket-mini).
It's a great little fermenter perfect for the half-batches that will fit in our tiny apartment and more importantly, no more trying in vain to get the krausen out of the little crevices in the lid of my plastic bucket.
Here's the kicker: with my last 2.75 gal batch, which I dry hopped, I was only able to yield 2 gallons from the spigot.
Would be very interested in what yields others have managed with the same setup and how they did it.
Here are my thoughts:
- Part of the loss was from was the mess of adding 1 oz of loose hops, a bag weighted with marbles would free up some beer that was rendered useless by the hops;
- Moving the fermenter to its high perch before starting to drain the liquid would minimize the sloshing of the yeast and hops and hopefully yield some more clarified beer;
- As a last resort, I could use a racking cane, but this would make the built-in spigot a bit redundant, other than for stealing samples to test gravity before bottling
Perhaps adding finings could compact down the trub to below the spigot intake valve. Cold crashing is difficult because our fridge is tiny.
Thanks in advance.
It's a great little fermenter perfect for the half-batches that will fit in our tiny apartment and more importantly, no more trying in vain to get the krausen out of the little crevices in the lid of my plastic bucket.
Here's the kicker: with my last 2.75 gal batch, which I dry hopped, I was only able to yield 2 gallons from the spigot.
Would be very interested in what yields others have managed with the same setup and how they did it.
Here are my thoughts:
- Part of the loss was from was the mess of adding 1 oz of loose hops, a bag weighted with marbles would free up some beer that was rendered useless by the hops;
- Moving the fermenter to its high perch before starting to drain the liquid would minimize the sloshing of the yeast and hops and hopefully yield some more clarified beer;
- As a last resort, I could use a racking cane, but this would make the built-in spigot a bit redundant, other than for stealing samples to test gravity before bottling
Perhaps adding finings could compact down the trub to below the spigot intake valve. Cold crashing is difficult because our fridge is tiny.
Thanks in advance.